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Oct 2023
Open-top bus added to Harrogate's Christmas attractions
An open-top bus will take visitors around Harrogate as part of the Christmas experience.
The sight-seeing bus is to be part of the town’s Christmas Fayre in December which has been extended this year to help draw in more visitors.
The bus will be provided by Transdev and is part of the York City Sightseeing tour fleet.
It will operate during the weekends in addition to the Candy Cane Express road train which has been introduced since the Christmas market moved into the centre of town.
The 15-minute trip will take shoppers around Harrogate -leaving every 20 minutes from Montpellier Hill, Crescent Gardens, Cheltenham Parade, the Bus Station and West Park. Tickets will cost £1 for adults- up to three children aged under 16 can travel for free with each paying adult.
North Yorkshire Council’s executive member for the visitor economy, councillor Derek Bastiman, said:
In April, it was announced that the Christmas Fayre would run for 17 days – a week longer than the previous two years to increase footfall in December.
The Harrogate Ice Rink, which made its debut in 2022, is also set to return from December 1 but there'll be no big wheel this year.
Transdev commercial manager Matt Burley said:
Matthew Chapman, the manager for Harrogate BID, which is supporting the Harrogate Christmas Fayre, said:
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